Database connectivity to business objects

Post Author: kshatri
CA Forum: Administration
Hi All,
I am new to for my first project, having good knowledge about BO but my only concern is with the first day target.
As a new team mate memeber what are my roles and responsibilites to be done.
How to interact with the Administrator to get my database connectivity and then how to implement the path provided by the admin people to get my database activate and then to connect it to the business objects.
So again i am requesting you all if you any one among you, who has already gone through this situation  could help and make to understand how to connect the database to business objects.
And how to present ourslef in a new environment.
Thanks,
Anu.

Post Author: jsanzone
CA Forum: Administration
Anu,
This is one of those forum threads that could last all year with comments, tips, and criticisms.  If you have a lot of knowledge about BusObjects, then you are nearly half way there.  In my experience, the biggest road block to success is communication and team cohesiveness.  If everyone on the project are not communicating with each other then everything is going to fail.  What do I mean about communication?  It's hard to pin down, but when I see it I'll know it's there (smile).  For starters it's having a good plan that everyone can work from.  An underlying theme in communications is also trust.  The folks who hand out the userids and passwords must be able to trust the folks who are receiving the privileges.  If the administrator must give you read/write access to his or her database and they don't "know" you, then this is an uphill battle.  Many administrators do not understand middleware such as BusObjects, they are more familiar with things like Access, and such -- the more simpler applications.  When you try throwing terms around like business intelligence, single-sign on, multiple queries, data providers, meta data, report viewer, etc, etc their heads start to spin and they want you OUT of their sight.  All of these concepts must be introduced gently and in an appropriate setting.  The admins must get familiar and comfortable with your tools before you can make headway.  So that is what I mean by communication, in this case laterally.  You must also communicate upwards (the C-level folks), and downward, the users.  Like I said, folks could add to this thread infinitum, and I would invite other as such, but here are some things to think about as you move forward.  The best teacher is experience, but who has time for that?

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